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Debt Instrument, Reduction In Capacity Under Restricted Payments Builder Basket

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Face (par) amount of the original debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Long-term Debt - Textual (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended		2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
Long-term Debt - Textual (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Jan. 31, 2022	Jan. 31, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 09, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on early extinguishment of debt					$ 1,100,000		$ 1,000,000.0	$ 1,400,000	$ 1,000,000.0
Principal borrowings on notes								400,000,000.0	0
Borrowings on revolving credit facility								300,000,000.0	45,000,000.0
Repayments of Long-term Lines of Credit								$ 330,000,000.0	$ 0
Enhabit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from lines of credit	$ 566,600,000
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage ratio										3.5
Debt instrument, reduction in capacity under restricted payments builder basket										$ 200,000,000
Amendment agreement, amount to be paid				$ 40,500,000
Senior Notes, total		$ 20,500,000	$ 20,000,000
Senior Notes \| 5.75% Senior Notes due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate (percent)	5.75%	5.75%			5.75%			5.75%		5.75%
Senior Notes \| 4.50% Senior Notes due 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate (percent)	4.50%	4.50%			4.50%			4.50%		4.50%
Senior Notes \| 4.75% Senior Notes due 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate (percent)	4.75%	4.75%			4.75%			4.75%		4.75%
Senior Notes \| 4.625% Senior Notes due 2031
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate (percent)	4.625%	4.625%			4.625%			4.625%		4.625%
Senior Notes \| 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate (percent)	5.125%	5.125%			5.125%	5.125%		5.125%
Redemption amount						$ 100,000,000
Loss on early extinguishment of debt						$ 300,000
Line of credit \| Enhabit Credit Agreement \| Enhabit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term		5 years
Line of credit \| Enhabit Credit Agreement \| Advances under revolving credit facility \| Enhabit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 350,000,000	$ 350,000,000			$ 350,000,000			$ 350,000,000
Borrowings on revolving credit facility	170,000,000
Line of credit \| Enhabit Credit Agreement \| Term loan facilities \| Enhabit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount	$ 400,000,000	$ 400,000,000			$ 400,000,000			$ 400,000,000
Debt instrument, term		5 years
Debt instrument, periodic payment, percentage of principal outstanding	0.0500	0.0500			0.0500			0.0500
Principal borrowings on notes	$ 400,000,000
Line of credit \| Enhabit Credit Agreement \| Letters of credit \| Enhabit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	75,000,000	$ 75,000,000			$ 75,000,000			$ 75,000,000
Debt instrument, term		5 years
Line of credit \| EHC Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on early extinguishment of debt					$ 1,100,000
Line of credit \| EHC Credit Agreement \| Advances under revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of Long-term Lines of Credit	250,000,000
Line of credit \| EHC Credit Agreement \| Term loan facilities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of debt	$ 236,000,000